Category: OCS

The last day of Tech-Ed… Ilse van Criekinge started with certificates and Exchange in “UCN315 – Certificates and Exchange 2007: Best Practices and Lessons”. Although I already encountered expired self-signed certificates (those things are only valid for a year….), it was very nice to see this confirmed. As Exchange Server 2007 relies more on encrypted communications, it is imperative to know how certificates come in play. Very good start of the day! The second session was “UNC317 – Exchange Server

Well, as OCS didn’t really do it for me (yet?), i decided to skip my intended session and joined Sander at “SEC05-IS Cybercrime: The Art of Identity Theft!”. It was as much fun as it was scary and shows how easy identity theft can be. Andy Malone showed some of the websites and tools used, which are mostly available freely. Next on the list was “UNC303 Advanced Troubleshooting Strategies for Exchange Server 2007”. A very educational session and very helpful

Mmhh, I intended to post more regularly, but there so much other things to do, see and absorb! Day 1 started with keynote of Brad Anderson, General Manager Management and Service Division. System Center stuff and such. During the keynote they showed real nice management tools like System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008, which even can interact and manage non-windows systems (think VMWare, SuSe etc., even with their logo’s). That really put a smile on my face. The technical sessions